Gold Vase took the lead half way down the straight, but there was still a lot left in Merry Jester, who challenged again, and it looked for a second as if the favourite would win, but close to the post Maitland, riding one of those beautiful finishes of his that so often turn defeat into success, got just that little bit extra out of Mr. We Two's skewbald to secure the verdict by à neck.
It will be remembered that the pony won the Silver Spur Handicap at the Paper Hunt Club Meeting recently, ridden. on that occasion by John Sparke, and his success that day prompted the remark that there was every hope that Mrs, Liddell was getting the flyer back into his ionner sensational form.
The pony should be pounds better after yesterday's race as he was not at all-distressed and there is still g bit left to work on and one must congratulate Mrs. Liddell for the patience she has shown with him as he has not been an easy one to train. Now, it seems, she has got into shape and by the time the Spring Meeting comes along it will take a smasher to beat him,
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